10th May 2018 12:02
John Laing Group plc (the "Company")
Result of AGM & Appointment of Non-Executive Director
The Annual General Meeting of the Company was held on 10 May 2018. All resolutions were decided on a poll. All resolutions were passed. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 to 18 were passed as special resolutions. The voting results are given below.
| Resolution | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Total Votes | % of Total of Voting Rights | Votes Withheld |
1 |
Report & Accounts
| 323,640,798 | 93.56 | 22,259,688 | 6.44 | 345,900,486 | 70.48 | 65,759,372 |
2 |
Final Dividend
| 411,650,618 | 100.00 | 9,241 | 0.00 | 411,659,859 | 83.88 | 0 |
3 |
Olivier Brousse
| 409,413,044 | 99.45 | 2,245,947 | 0.55 | 411,658,991 | 83.88 | 868 |
4 |
Patrick O'Donnell Bourke
| 410,934,480 | 99.82 | 724,511 | 0.18 | 411,658,991 | 83.88 | 868 |
5 |
David Rough
| 410,448,403 | 99.71 | 1,203,324 | 0.29 | 411,651,727 | 83.88 | 8,132 |
6 |
Jeremy Beeton
| 410,129,773 | 99.63 | 1,529,218 | 0.37 | 411,658,991 | 83.88 | 868 |
7 |
Toby Hiscock
| 409,854,585 | 99.56 | 1,804,406 | 0.44 | 411,658,991 | 83.88 | 868 |
8 |
Anne Wade
| 410,554,139 | 99.73 | 1,104,852 | 0.27 | 411,658,991 | 83.88 | 868 |
9 |
Will Samuel
| 406,841,101 | 99.44 | 2,293,241 | 0.56 | 409,134,342 | 83.36 | 2,525,517 |
10 |
Remuneration Report
| 398,377,839 | 99.92 | 321,063 | 0.08 | 398,698,902 | 81.24 | 12,960,956 |
11 |
Re-appoint Auditors
| 391,953,345 | 95.21 | 19,702,700 | 4.79 | 411,656,045 | 83.88 | 3,813 |
12 |
Auditors' Remuneration
| 404,953,113 | 98.37 | 6,706,273 | 1.63 | 411,659,386 | 83.88 | 473 |
13 |
Authority to Allot Shares
| 388,444,893 | 94.36 | 23,206,774 | 5.64 | 411,651,667 | 83.88 | 8,192 |
14 |
Political Donations
| 408,547,668 | 99.25 | 3,102,036 | 0.75 | 411,649,704 | 83.88 | 10,155 |
15 |
Waive Pre-emption Rights
| 411,592,823 | 99.99 | 50,621 | 0.01 | 411,643,444 | 83.88 | 16,415 |
16 |
Waive Further Pre-emption rights
| 376,528,602 | 91.47 | 35,114,110 | 8.53 | 411,642,712 | 83.88 | 17,146 |
17 |
Purchase Own Shares
| 406,818,686 | 98.84% | 4,765,556 | 1.16% | 411,584,242 | 83.86 | 75,616 |
18 |
GM Notice Period
| 376,880,430 | 91.55% | 34,764,848 | 8.45% | 411,645,278 | 83.88 | 14,581 |
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
The Board announces the appointment of Andrea Abt as a Non-Executive Director of the Company following the Company's AGM. Andrea has an extensive background in a variety of functional roles, including sales, finance, procurement and logistics. She joined Siemens in 1997 and held various leadership roles, including Head of Supply Chain and Chief Procurement Officer for Infrastructure & Cities from 2011 to 2014. Since leaving Siemens, Andrea has concentrated on Non-Executive Director roles. She is currently a Non- Executive Director of SIG plc and Petrofac Ltd, a Member of the Supervisory Board of Gerresheimer AG and was previously a Non-Executive Director of Brammer plc. Speaking on Andrea's appointment, Will Samuel, the Chairman of John Laing, commented that "Andrea brings a wealth of experience to the Board of John Laing having worked across Continental Europe for many years which is one of our key regional markets and we welcome her on to the Board".
Andrea will also be appointed a member of the Audit & Risk Committee.
There are no other details that are required to be disclosed in respect of the appointment of Andrea Abt to the Board pursuant to Rule 9.6.13 of the UK Listing rules.
Notes to AGM figures:
The percentage of votes "For" and "Against" each resolution are expressed as a percentage of the total votes cast "For" and "Against" the resolution (together the "Total Votes"). A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.
The "% of total voting rights" column shows the percentage that the Total Votes on that resolution represent of the total number of voting rights attached to shares in issue at the date of the AGM. The total number of voting rights attached to shares in issue at the date of the AGM was 490,775,636.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed by the Company at its Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
David Gormley
Interim Company Secretary
020 7901 3200
John Laing Group LEI 213800GLLXRSIIKN6I12
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